Today. Right now. That’s when you take advantage of yesterday
and prepare for tomorrow. It’s when you begin to be who you
want to become. It’s when you make the move that takes you
to your future—the moment you discover the heat and the cool
and the vision of The City College of New York. For more than 150
years, City College has been a landmark of diversity, opportunity
and academic fire, powering alumni success stories ranging from
Ira Gershwin to Jonas Salk to Colin Powell to eight Nobel Prize
winners. Time to add yourself to the list. Bright people, big City.

FROM HERE YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE.
AND EVERYWHERE.

BRIGHT PEOPLE, BIG FUTURE.
City College is where you punch your ticket for anyplace you want
to go. Any career, any challenge, any dream. From engineering and
architecture to science and the liberal arts, The City College of
New York, the flagship of CUNY, is all about rigorous, world-class
academic and research programs—powered by dynamic, passionate
faculty who are some of the leading lights in their fields. City
College is about achieving more, going beyond, being the best. Always
has been: Since 1847, when City College was the first institution
of its kind in America, this is where tens of thousands of success
stories have begun. And you’re next. All you need is talent
and desire. City College is a place that doesn’t care nearly
as much about where you’re from as it cares about where you’re
going. A place where you learn to learn, where you expand your life,
where you go on to great things. You bring ability and motivation—we’ll
provide knowledge, opportunity, affordability and the most complete,
up-to-date facilities and resources.

BRIGHT PEOPLE, BIG WORLD.
One-hundred different first languages, one common thread: learning
and growing. The students and faculty at The City College of New
York form a community so diverse it’s amazing, yet so connected
it’s pure family. The people you will meet, study with, share
with and befriend here represent so many backgrounds, cultures,
opinions and ideas that City College goes far beyond merely being
a microcosm of today’s world. This is a laboratory for tomorrow’s
possibilities. In fact, only in a place where diversity is celebrated
to this extent can it become second nature. Then something else
takes over: the complete confidence that what’s in a person’s
heart and mind is the only thing that really matters. You will learn
something new from everyone you encounter here, students and teachers
and staff, in class and out. You expect your college education to
bring knowledge and skills—but with a City College education
you gain even more important gifts: understanding and wisdom. You’ll
never see the world—or your place in it—the same way
again.

TURNING
REAL DIVERSITY INTO
REAL COMMUNITY.

ACADEMIC POWER
This is the engine. This is why you come here. More than 80 leading-edge
undergraduate academic programs and area specializations (see the
“Overview” section for the complete list), many recognized
among the best in the nation. Shaped and informed by world-class
research, taught by a committed faculty that operates at the forefront
of new knowledge, the academic fire at City College means you will
be challenged at a high level. And you will be rewarded for your
effort with opportunities for access, participation and learning
that in many ways rival even the elite private universities. It
won’t be easy, but what you take away from the experience
will serve you in your career and your life forever. Success begins
here.